tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post169681570846717924..comments2023-03-30T03:40:44.206-07:00Comments on Paternal Age Effect: How Old is Too Old?: Type 1 diabetes risk rises with the age of the father and mother and yet there is no warning for the publicconcerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-38469269233429868012007-07-10T04:41:00.000-07:002007-07-10T04:41:00.000-07:00The corporate filter at this point in time mandate...The corporate filter at this point in time mandates that news sources only report what best serves conservative agendas (the "liberal media" accusation is no match for this filter). You'd think that this study <I>would</I> be important to republican propaganda, as reducing the financial tolls on society would be a big plus. The problem with that assumption is that the conservative agenda is inextricably laced with a patriarchally constructed value system. <BR/><BR/>Guess which of the following studies were splashed across the news:<BR/><BR/>1. Children in daycare do poorly later in life compared to children with stay-at-home moms.<BR/><BR/>vs.<BR/><BR/>2. Outcomes for children more positive as father's time spent at home increases.<BR/><BR/>One was hyped and the other not even reported by mainstream news outlets. Why do you think that is?<BR/><BR/>The problem with studies about advanced paternal age is that it knocks men off their self-made pedestal of privilege in regard to mate choice and the myths they propagate about biology being conflated with women necessarily lacking certain political/economic/personal rights and privileges. The power automatically afforded to men in virtually every sphere--personal, economic, political, social--<I>doubles</I> under a patriarchal system. Of course they don't want to give that up! <BR/><BR/>Advanced paternal age studies have been around since the 1800s--long before maternal risk of Down Syndrome after age 35 was established, I'm sure. The problem with the paternal age information is that it empowers women in a way that is notsogewd for most men already in the throes of adulthood. And that's not just because many will lose value in the mate market, but mainly because it disrupts their entire artificially fabricated world view that supports their privilege in every other facet of life.<BR/><BR/>-K.A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com